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What is Eszopiclone?

Eszopiclone is an hypnotic and nonbenzodiazepine used for the treatment of insomnia.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 8%
Mild
7 58%
None
4 33%

Most commonly reported side effects

Bad taste in mouth
3 50%
wake up several times during the night
2 33%
Hangover effect, next morning
2 33%
doesn't always make me tired-opposite effect
2 33%
Grogginess
1 17%
Weird dreams
1 17%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Eszopiclone. See all 13 dosages ►

  1mg as needed 25mg as needed 2mg as needed 3mg as needed daily 2 mg every other week 2 mg weekly 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 6 mg daily 10 mg daily 200 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 14 Number of Patients: 14 21 Number of Patients: 21 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Eszopiclone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
12 60% Did not seem to work: 60%
Expense
4 20% Expense: 20%
Other
4 20% Other: 20%
Doctor's advice
3 15% Doctor's advice: 15%
Change in health plan coverage
1 5% Change in health plan coverage: 5%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Eszopiclone

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Eszopiclone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Eszopiclone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
9 75%
Usually
1 8%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
2 17%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 8%
A little
3 25%
Not at all
8 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
3 25%
< $25
4 33%

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Report created on March 20, 2010.